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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 3 · Introduction

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In Ecclesiasticus, in Solomon: “He that cleaveth

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firewood

shall

be

endangered

by

it

if

the

iron

shall

fall

off

.

”

Also

in

Exodus

:

“

In

one

house

shall

it

be

eaten

:

ye

shall

not

cast

forth

the

flesh

abroad

out

of

the

house

.

”

Also

in

the

cxxxiid

Psalm

:

“

Behold

how

good

and

how

pleasant

a

thing

it

is

that

brethren

should

dwell

in

unity

!

”

Also

in

the

Gospel

according

to

Matthew

:

“

He

that

is

not

with

me

is

against

me

;

and

he

that

gathereth

not

with

me

scattereth

.

”

Also

in

the

first

Epistle

of

Paul

to

the

Corinthians

:

“

But

I

beseech

you

,

brethren

,

by

the

name

of

our

Lord

Jesus

Christ

,

that

ye

all

say

the

same

thing

,

and

that

there

be

no

schisms

among

you

;

but

that

ye

be

all

joined

together

in

the

same

mind

and

in

the

same

opinion

.

”

Also

in

the

sixty

-

seventh

Psalm

:

“

God

,

who

maketh

men

to

dwell

with

one

mind

in

a

house

.

”

Notes

1
Eccles. x. 9.
2
Ex. xii. 4.
3
Ps. cxxxiii. 1.
4
Matt. xii. 30.
5
1 Cor. i. 10.
6
Ps. lxviii. 6. [So Vulgate and Anglican Psalter.]